A Study on the Influential factors of Vegetable & Fruit Intake Behavior Among Senior Students of the Hulu Elementary School

[[abstract]]The purpose of this study is to investigate the current vegetable & fruit intake behavior of elementary school senior students, and to inquire personal background factors, social psychology factors and social environment factors in relationship with vegetable & fruit intake behavior. The sample of questionnaire survey included 266 senior students which from the Hulu Elementary School. T-test, One Way ANOVA, Pearson’s Product-moment Correlation and Multiple Regression were used to analyze the data and results were as follows： 1.About 40% of subjects consume 3 portions of vegetable a day. About 60% of subjects consume 2 portions of fruit a day. 2.Subjects who perceive their health status to be better are more likely to eat vegetable & fruit. 3.Vegetable & fruit intake behavior was positively correlated with Self-efficacy, Outcome expectancy, Social support, Role modeling, Availability and Accessibility, then negatively correlated with Perceived barriers. 4.49.6% of the variation of vegetable & fruit intake behavior was explained by Perceived health status, Self-efficacy, Perceived barriers, Outcome expectancy, Social support, Role modeling, Availability and Accessibility. The strongest predictor of vegetable & fruit intake behavior was Self-efficacy. Finally, these results were discussed and applied in the practical experience and future studies. Key words：vegetable & fruit intake behavior, senior students of elementary school